Arugba

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Arugba
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Directed by Tunde Kelani
Written byyemi Peter Badejo Segun Adefila Kareem Adepoju Lere Paimo
Screenplay byAde Adeniji
Produced byMainframe Productions
CinematographyLukman AbdulRahman
Edited byFrank Anore Hakeem Olowookere
Music byWole Oni Adunni & Nefretiti Segun Adefila
Release date
  • 2008 (2008)
Running time
95 minutes
Country Nigeria
LanguageYoruba
Budget₦22 million [1]

Arugba is a 2008 film.

Synopsis

Adetutu faces many responsibilities. She must juggle her role as Arugba (the virgin) in the annual community festival with her studies at the university. She must also care for an ailing and grieving friend. Other plot points include Adejare, a demanding king, Adetutu's blossoming musical career, and her growing fondness for a gifted artist named Makinwa which places a strain on Adetutu's relationship with the other members of her all female musical group.

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References

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